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You CHOSE to become pregnant. You CHOSE to bring the newborn/toddler into the store with you. It was a choice and not an affliction, so therefore you don't deserve any sympathy, imo.
To bad someone's mom made that CHOICE
and what is with all of the posts just with the word Done in them? Are you just trying to be obnoixious or what?
I don't feel like I need or should be entitled to a special parking spot just because I'm pregnant. But the only place I've even seen such spots are in front of Babies R Us anyway, so it's not something that comes up a lot for me. I don't mind walking the same distance that I usually do.
I will agree with the person who says that cart returns need to be more convenient if I'm going to use them though. I will not leave my toddler alone in the car while I go walk to a far away cart return. Sorry.
I agree with you. I will not leave my child in the car to return a cart, for a couple of reasons.
First and foremost, I park right next to an abandoned cart just for the sole reason of having it right off the bat to put my child in, but secondly so I don't feel guilty when I put it right back where I got it and leave!
Thirdly, if we all put our carts back, someone would be out of a job and in this economy , that would suck for that person. As much as it must suck going out and collecting carts, someone is getting paid to do it.
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Originally Posted by cherry251
I don't agree with special parking spaces.
You CHOSE to become pregnant. You CHOSE to bring the newborn/toddler into the store with you. It was a choice and not an affliction, so therefore you don't deserve any sympathy, imo.
Well then you probably are among those women who I see pull into the "mother and small child" parking spaces, jump out of her car, and go about her business w/no kid. Which is fine too as they are not legal parking designations. No big deal.
No one asked you for "sympathy" btw.
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Originally Posted by wyoquilter
To bad someone's mom made that CHOICE
and what is with all of the posts just with the word Done in them? Are you just trying to be obnoixious or what?
I know, really how many times does someone have to say "done"?
What gets me about the mother/baby spots is when they are located no where near the carts. Mothers and babies don't necessarily need to be up front, but do need to be near the carts.
I have only seen pregnant woman spots at Babies R Us and Target, places that pregnant women register for shower gifts. Hmmm, wonder if there is some kind of connection there.:t hink:
You CHOSE to become pregnant. You CHOSE to bring the newborn/toddler into the store with you. It was a choice and not an affliction, so therefore you don't deserve any sympathy, imo.
It's not about sympathy, but about compassion and awareness.
That said, unless you've got a super tough pregnancy, then there is no reason to need a handicapped spot. Those who do could probably get a temporary permit from their doctors. Someone said that earlier, I know.
I also agree with those who've mentioned it being more difficult toting the little ones around. It certainly is, but then you figure it out and life goes on.
If it is a private parking lot in my opinion the business has the right to reserve spots for whoever they want. Walking is good for those who are pregnant, but if they want to give them reserved parking spots no problem with me.
Maybe not for Pregnant women, but I think that there should be closer spaces for folks with infants - 4 yo. I don't know how many times I have seen people walking long distances with newborns in some pretty severe weather, or how many times I have seen toddlers dart from their parents grip out into the parking lot after they've walked pass a few parked cars. They also need to have shopping cart returns close to those designated spaces and handicapped spaces. I hate having 15 million shopping carts just stashed all over the parking lot and it seems that it's more parents of smaller children who do it because they don't want to 1) keep child in cart to walk it to a shopping cart return and then have to walk back to car with small child or 2) don't want to leave child in car alone while they walk a block to return a shopping cart. Same for the handicapped person, it is hard enough for some just to get to their car let alone hunt down a shopping cart return.
it the weather is that bad stay home or wait till someone can watch the kids. Pregnancy is not a handicap, if you can't walk, then get a permit. It's not like those spots are enforceable anyways.
it the weather is that bad stay home or wait till someone can watch the kids. Pregnancy is not a handicap, if you can't walk, then get a permit. It's not like those spots are enforceable anyways.
Easier said than done for some folks. Sometimes a parent can't wait til the weather clears up or someone can watch the kid/s.
it the weather is that bad stay home or wait till someone can watch the kids. Pregnancy is not a handicap, if you can't walk, then get a permit. It's not like those spots are enforceable anyways.
I don't think that anyone is saying that a stork spot makes or breaks the deal when someone needs milk or bread or toilet paper, or even just wants to go look at baby clothes. If someone *needs* a close parking space, then they can probably qualify for a temporary handicapped sticker.
They're just a nice little perk, that's all. Kind of like when some stores offer you a plastic bag for your umbrella. The people with umbrellas can either say "thanks" and take it, or can say "no thanks" and not take it. The people without umbrellas typically do not have hissy fits and yell "but that's not FAIR! It's their CHOICE to carry a dripping umbrella! Why do they get a bag?? If they can't get in without an umbrella, they should just stay home until it stops raining!" If they really wanted a plastic bag, I'm sure they could get one, umbrella or no umbrella. After all, they're not enforceable. No one is going to go to jail for requesting an umbrella bag.
Don't people have drama in their own lives to worry about, instead of whether pregnant women do or do not get to park ten feet closer to the grocery store? Jeesh.
I know, like there isn't anything more important to get angry and upset about than whether a business chooses to reserve a few parking spaces for expectant moms.
For the record, I don't leave my son in the car either when I return the cart. But I figure that if he made it from the store to the car in the bad weather he can make it for the extra 30 seconds it takes to load groceries and return a cart. Of course I am not over protective with him in the weather and he doesn't get sick very often. Carts being left all over are just a smaller pet peeve of mine. Not something I get upset over though, just a little irritated. They cause quite a bit of damage to cars.
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